Comments on: World’s tallest skyscraper suddenly closes http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2010/02/09/worlds-tallest-skyscraper-suddenly-closes/ [Please go to \'Settings\' to change your Tagline] Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:38:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dubai’s Problems Solved* - Devon Pendleton - The Billionaire Beat - True/Slant http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2010/02/09/worlds-tallest-skyscraper-suddenly-closes/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Dubai’s Problems Solved* - Devon Pendleton - The Billionaire Beat - True/Slant Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:50:49 +0000 http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/?p=1201#comment-566 [...] as the latest debacle out of Dubai seemed to secure the world’s most picked-on Emirate’s status as Abu [...] [...] as the latest debacle out of Dubai seemed to secure the world’s most picked-on Emirate’s status as Abu [...]

]]> By: davidlosangeles http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/2010/02/09/worlds-tallest-skyscraper-suddenly-closes/comment-page-1/#comment-565 davidlosangeles Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:52:47 +0000 http://trueslant.com/nealungerleider/?p=1201#comment-565 Mr. Ungerleider, This is a terrific and ironically appropriate metaphor for the entire economy of Dubai in particular and the world in particular. Fantastic amounts of capital are sunk into highly speculative investments that collapse (either figuratively or literally) almost overnight. If you saw it in a movie you would think it was a ham-handed bit of symbolism. Mr. Ungerleider,

This is a terrific and ironically appropriate metaphor for the entire economy of Dubai in particular and the world in particular. Fantastic amounts of capital are sunk into highly speculative investments that collapse (either figuratively or literally) almost overnight. If you saw it in a movie you would think it was a ham-handed bit of symbolism.

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